U.S. President Donald Trump rewrote Washington¡¯s rules for dealing with China in his first presidency, embracing confrontation, launching a trade war and upending decades of policy. In his second term, China hawks in Washington fear that Trump is going soft.
As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.¡¯s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they¡¯re being sidelined inside the administration as the tech industry¡¯s influence grows ¡ª alongside the president¡¯s appetite for what he¡¯s called "a big deal.¡±
That concern has grown more urgent as Trump looks toward a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that¡¯s expected in the coming weeks. In the leadup, China has made a series of demands that would upend decades of U.S. policy, including looser curbs on investment in exchange for more inflows, and eroding U.S. support for Taiwan.
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